THE UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION PRESENTS THE ANNUAL NATIONAL SEMINAR ON THE FEDERAL SENTENCING GUIDELINES

Cosponsored by ABA Crim inal Justice Section

June 13 - 15, 2012 -Hilton New Orleans Riverside, New Orleans, Louisiana UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION ANNUAL NATIONAL SEMINAR ON THE FEDERAL SENTENCING GUIDELINES

Wednesday - Friday Hilton New Orleans Riverside June 13 - 15, 2012 New Orleans, Louisiana

WEDNESDAY JUNE 13, 2012

9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 4:15 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. REGISTRATION CONCURRENT SESSIONS Room: 1st Floor (Outside of the Chemin Royale) A. ADVANCED GUIDELINE 12:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. APPLICATION ISSUES FOR BEGINNERS: A BASIC Room: Grand Ballroom A - 1st Floor INTRODUCTION TO THE FEDERAL This interactive panel will be a discussion of SENTENCING GUIDELINES advanced guideline issues, including some Room: Grand Ballroom A - 1st Floor frequently asked questions. This Introduction to the Federal Sentencing • L. Russell (Rusty) Burress Guidelines session is designed to provide an Principal Training Advisor introduction to guidelines application for those with United States Sentencing Commission limited experience working with the federal • Alan Dorhoffer, Esq. guidelines. Deputy Director • L. Russell (Rusty) Burress Office of Education & Sentencing Practice Principal Training Advisor United States Sentencing Commission United States Sentencing Commission • Alan Dorhoffer, Esq. B. FOR BEGINNERS: A BASIC Deputy Director INTRODUCTION TO THE Office of Education & Sentencing Practice ORGANIZATIONAL GUIDELINES United States Sentencing Commission Room: Grand Ballroom B - 1st Floor • Honorable Ricardo Hinojosa This introduction to the Chapter 8 guidelines for Commissioner, U.S. Sentencing Commission sentencing of organizations is designed to provide Chief District Judge an introduction to the organizational guidelines. McAllen, TX The panel will discuss the components of an organizational sentencing, including restitution, 2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. fines, and terms and conditions of probation. The BREAK panel will also discuss how to evaluate whether an organization had an effective compliance and 2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. ethics program INTRODUCTION TO THE • Cathy A. Battistelli SENTENCING GUIDELINES Deputy Chief Probation Officer II (RESUMES) Concord, NH • Kathleen J. Grilli, Esq. Deputy General Counsel United States Sentencing Commission

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4:15 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. SENTENCING ETHICS FOR DEFENSE ATTORNEYS & PROSECUTORS Room: Grand Salon A - 1st Floor This panel will involve a 45-minute overview of principles of legal ethics generally applicable to criminal cases (for both prosecutors and defense counsel); a 30-minute discussion of the application of such principles to federal sentencing in particular; and a 45-minute discussion (with audience participation) based on several scenarios raising ethical issues related specifically to sentencing. • Michelle Morales, Esq. Deputy Chief, Office of Policy & Legislation United Stated Department of Justice, Criminal Division Washington, DC • Brent E. Newton, Esq. Deputy Staff Director United States Sentencing Commission • H. Michael Sokolow, Esq. First Assistant Federal Public Defender Houston, TX

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7:30 a.m. - 8:15 a.m. 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. LATE REGISTRATION PLENARY SESSION: A VIEW FROM Room: 1st Floor (Outside of the Chemin Royale) THE APPELLATE BENCH CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST Room: Grand Ballroom AB - 1st Floor Room: 1st Floor (Chemin Royale) • Honorable Denny Chin Circuit Judge 8:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Second Circuit Court of Appeals OPENING REMARKS New York, NY Room: Grand Ballroom AB - 1st Floor • Honorable Diana Gribbon Motz • Pamela G. Montgomery, Esq. Circuit Judge Director & Chief Counsel of Training Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Office of Education & Sentencing Practice Baltimore, MD United States Sentencing Commission • Honorable Priscilla Richman Owen Circuit Judge 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals PLENARY SESSION: Austin, TX UNITED STATES SENTENCING • Honorable William Jay Riley COMMISSION: A YEAR IN REVIEW Chief Circuit Judge Room: Grand Ballroom AB - 1st Floor Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals The panel will review recently proposed Omaha, NE amendments and provide an update of Commission Moderator: projects and activities. • Honorable Ricardo Hinojosa • Honorable Patti B. Saris Commissioner, U.S. Sentencing Commission Chair Chief District Judge • Honorable William B. Carr, Jr. McAllen, TX Vice Chair • Honorable Ketanji B. Jackson 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Vice Chair LUNCH BREAK • Honorable Ricardo H. Hinojosa Commissioner • Honorable Beryl A. Howell Commissioner • Honorable Dabney L. Friedrich Commissioner • Honorable Isaac Fulwood Commissioner, Ex Officio • Honorable Jonathan J. Wroblewski Commissioner, Ex Officio

9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. BREAK

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1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS

A. DRUG OFFENSES* B. ECONOMIC CRIMES: LOSS Room: Grand Ballroom AB - 1st Floor DETERMINATION AND OTHER The panel will discuss guideline application and case ISSUES* law issues relating to the drug guidelines. The panel Room: Grand Ballroom C - 1st Floor will focus on application of base offense levels as well The panel will discuss guideline application and as frequently applied specific offense characteristics. case law issues arising in fraud and theft offenses. • Honorable Robert Holmes Bell A particular focus of the panel’s discussion will be District Judge the calculation of actual or intended loss in certain Grand Rapids, MI types of cases, as well as the other specific offense • Jacqueline A. Johnson, Esq. characteristics in §2B1.1 that are applied most First Assistant Federal Public Defender frequently. Cleveland, OH • Paul B. Bergman, Esq. • Honorable Joyce White Vance Paul B. Bergman, P.C. United States Attorney New York, NY Birmingham, AL • John Buretta, Esq. • Honorable Reggie B. Walton Deputy Assistant Attorney General District Judge Brooklyn, NY Washington, DC • Carolyn L. Darville • Mary Elizabeth Windham Supervisory Probation Officer Supervisory Probation Officer New Orleans, LA Columbia, SC • Honorable John Gleeson Moderator: District Judge • Krista L. Rubin Brooklyn, NY Sr. Education & Sentencing Practice Specialist Moderator: United States Sentencing Commission • Kathleen J. Grilli, Esq. Deputy General Counsel United States Sentencing Commission

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C. CRIMINAL HISTORY D. SUPERVISED RELEASE: Room: Grand Ballroom D - 1st Floor IMPOSITION & REVOCATION The panel will discuss guideline application and Room: **HEC - A - 2nd Floor case law issues related to the criminal history This panel will focus on the terms and conditions guidelines. involved in imposing and revoking supervised • Richard Bohlken release and will also discuss the USSC Report Supervisory Probation Officer Federal Offenders Sentenced to Supervised Release. Albuquerque, NM • Honorable Lance M. Africk • Honorable D. Brock Hornby District Judge Senior District Judge New Orleans, LA Portland, ME • Elisabeth F. Ervin • Marjorie Meyers, Esq. Assistant Deputy Chief Probation Officer Federal Public Defender Asheville, NC Houston, TX • Laura M. Roffo • John R. Steer, Esq. Supervisory Probation Officer The Law Offices of Mark H. Allenbaugh Boston, MA Fairfax Station, VA Moderator: Moderator: • Brent E. Newton, Esq. • Alan Dorhoffer, Esq. Deputy Staff Director Deputy Director United States Sentencing Commission Office of Education & Sentencing Practice United States Sentencing Commission

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E. GUIDELINE DEPARTURES & F. RESTITUTION AND OTHER VICTIM VARIANCES RIGHTS ISSUES Room: **HEC - B - 2nd Floor Room: **HEC - C - 2nd Floor The panel will discuss current developments and case The panel will present a useful step-by-step approach law relating to guideline departures and variances; determining restitution under federal law. It also will provide practical advice on guideline departures and present developing legal issues under the Crime Victim variances; and explore issues associated with guideline Rights Act (and other statutes), recent case law, and departures and variances. emerging victims’ rights issues. • Teresa M. Brantley • Catharine M. Goodwin, Esq. Supervisory Probation Officer Restitution Consultant Los Angeles, CA Phoenix, AZ • Honorable Charles R. Breyer • Susan Smith Howley, Esq. Senior Judge Director of Public Policy San Francisco, CA National Center for Victims of Crime • Michael Dreeben, Esq. Washington, DC Deputy Solicitor General Moderator: United States Department of Justice • Lisa A. Rich, Esq. Washington, DC Director, Office of Legislative & Public Affairs • Jon M. Sands, Esq. United States Sentencing Commission Federal Public Defender Phoenix, AZ 2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Moderator: BREAK • Honorable Dabney L. Friedrich Commissioner United States Sentencing Commission

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2:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS

A. DRUG OFFENSES* B. ECONOMIC CRIMES: LOSS Room: Grand Ballroom AB - 1st Floor DETERMINATION AND OTHER ISSUES* The panel will discuss guideline application and case Room: Grand Ballroom C - 1st Floor law issues relating to the drug guidelines. The panel The panel will discuss guideline application and case will focus on application of base offense levels as well law issues arising in fraud and theft offenses. A as frequently applied specific offense characteristics. particular focus of the panel’s discussion will be the • Honorable Robert Holmes Bell calculation of actual or intended loss in certain types of District Judge cases, as well as the other specific offense Grand Rapids, MI characteristics in §2B1.1 that are applied most • Jacqueline A. Johnson, Esq. frequently. First Assistant Federal Public Defender • Paul B. Bergman, Esq. Cleveland, OH Paul B. Bergman, P.C. • Honorable Joyce White Vance New York, NY United States Attorney • John Buretta, Esq. Birmingham, AL Deputy Assistant Attorney General • Honorable Reggie B. Walton Brooklyn, NY District Judge • Carolyn L. Darville Washington, DC Supervisory Probation Officer • Mary Elizabeth Windham New Orleans, LA Supervisory Probation Officer • Honorable John Gleeson Columbia, SC District Judge Moderator: Brooklyn, NY • Krista L. Rubin Moderator: Sr. Education & Sentencing Practice Specialist • Kathleen J. Grilli, Esq. United States Sentencing Commission Deputy General Counsel United States Sentencing Commission

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C. CAREER OFFENDER, ACCA, and D. ROLE IN THE OFFENSE & OTHER CRIME OF VIOLENCE CHAPTER THREE ADJUSTMENTS Room: Grand Ballroom D - 1st Floor Room: **HEC - A - 2nd Floor The panel will discuss the operation of the Career The panel will discuss issues involving the guideline Offender and Armed Career Criminal guidelines, with application and case law issues of several Chapter a particular focus on the cases that discuss and Three Adjustments. Data on the frequency of the most interpret the categorical approach in determining common adjustments will also be presented. whether a conviction is a crime of violence or violent • Honorable Gustavo A. Gelpi, Jr. felony. District Judge • Richard Bohlken San Juan, PR Supervisory Probation Officer • Honorable Janis Graham Jack Albuquerque, NM Senior Judge • Marjorie Meyers, Esq. Corpus Christi, TX Federal Public Defender • Mandy LaMotte Houston, TX Probation Officer • John R. Steer, Esq. Athens, GA The Law Offices of Mark H. Allenbaugh Moderator: Fairfax Station, VA • Kealin M. Culbreath, Esq. Moderator: Sr. Education & Sentencing Practice Specialist • Alan Dorhoffer, Esq. United States Sentencing Commission Deputy Director Office of Education & Sentencing Practice United States Sentencing Commission

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E. SENTENCING FORUM: HOT TOPICS F. GROUPING OF MULTIPLE COUNTS IN FEDERAL SENTENCING OF CONVICTION Room: **HEC - B - 2nd Floor Room: **HEC - C - 2nd Floor This interactive panel will be an open forum to discuss Guideline application issues related to the multiple the latest policy issues, research, and trends in federal count rules will be addressed. Panelists will focus on sentencing to include disparity, severity, and practical application of the grouping rules and how mandatory minimums. they affect sentencing. Discussion and scenarios will • Richard Hertling, Esq. focus on the interplay between the multiple count rules, Chief of Staff relevant conduct, and the notion of “double counting” United States House Judiciary Committee under the guidelines. • Matthew Miner, Esq. • Bobby L. Evans White & Case LLP Sr. Education & Sentencing Practice Specialist Washington, DC United States Sentencing Commission • Honorable William Sessions III District Judge Burlington, VT • Bobby Vassar, Esq. Chief Counsel to the Minority Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security United States House Judiciary Committee Moderator: • Honorable Ketanji B. Jackson Vice Chair United States Sentencing Commission

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7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST CONCURRENT SESSIONS Room: 1st Floor (Chemin Royale) A. CHILD PORNOGRAPHY & SEX 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. OFFENSES* PLENARY SESSION: TIPS FROM THE Room: Grand Ballroom AB - 1st Floor DISTRICT COURT BENCH The session will focus on guideline application and Room: Grand Ballroom AB - 1st Floor case law issues related to child pornography and sex • Honorable offenses. District Judge • Honorable John Adams McAllen, TX District Judge • Honorable Anna J. Brown Akron, OH District Judge • Alexandra Gelber, Esq. Portland, OR Deputy Chief & Sentencing Expert • Honorable Curtis Lynn Collier Child Exploitation & Obscenity Section Chief District Judge United States Department of Justice Chattanooga, TN Washington, DC • Honorable Wiley Y. Daniel • John Rhodes, Esq. Chief District Judge Assistant Federal Public Defender Denver, CO Missoula, MT Moderator: Moderator: • Honorable Patti B. Saris • Alan Dorhoffer, Esq. Chair, U.S. Sentencing Commission Deputy Director District Judge Office of Education & Sentencing Practice Boston, MA United States Sentencing Commission

9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. B. RELEVANT CONDUCT* BREAK Room: Grand Ballroom C - 1st Floor This panel will focus on relevant conduct analysis in specific areas and will reference case law. • L. Russell (Rusty) Burress Principal Training Advisor United States Sentencing Commission

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C. IMMIGRATION OFFENSES* D. BUREAU OF PRISONS ISSUES* Room: Grand Ballroom D - 1st Floor Room: **HEC - A - 2nd Floor This interactive panel will focus on application issues The panel will provide an overview of Bureau of relating to the sentencing of immigration offenses, with Prisons issues including the designation process, particular emphasis on the application of §2L1.2 judicial recommendations, substance abuse and (Unlawfully Entering or Remaining in the United vocational programs, and basic sentence States). Panelists will discuss case law, approaches to computations. The panelists will also discuss the resolving application issues, and recent developments significance of the presentence investigation report in sentencing for immigration offenses. in determining initial security and custody • Jill Burkhardt, Esq. classification, facility placement, and programming. Assistant United States Attorney • Todd A. Bussert, Esq. San Diego, CA Frost Bussert, LLC • Honorable Judith Herrera New Haven, CT District Judge • Jineen Forbes Albuquerque, NM Supervisory Probation Officer • Honorable New York, NY District Judge • Deborah Locke, Esq. Del Rio, TX Assistant General Counsel • Paul P. Poblete Designation & Sentence Computation Center Assistant Deputy Chief Probation Officer Bureau of Prisons New Orleans, LA Grand Prairie, TX • Jon M. Sands, Esq. Moderator: Federal Public Defender • Louis Reedt Phoenix, AZ Deputy Director, Moderator: Office of Research and Data • Krista L. Rubin United States Sentencing Commission Sr. Education & Sentencing Practice Specialist United States Sentencing Commission

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E. ORGANIZATIONAL GUIDELINES F. ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION Room: **HEC - B - 2nd Floor Room: **HEC - C - 2nd Floor The sentencing guidelines significantly affect white- This session will focus on the panelists’ experiences collar defendants both individuals and organizations and research relating to alternative to imprisonment even those entities that are never convicted of, or programs. even charged with, a crime. This panel will discuss • Tate Chambers, Esq. the many effects of the sentencing guidelines on OCDETF Lead Task Force Attorney white-collar defendants, including the role of the United States Department of Justice guidelines in: negotiating non-prosecution and Peoria, IL deferred prosecution agreements (NPAs and DPAs); • Doug Heuermann developing and maintaining effective compliance and Chief Probation Officer ethics programs; and setting conditions of Peoria, IL probationary sentences. The panelists will also • Christopher T. Lowenkamp present relevant statistical data and discuss emerging Program Administrator case law issues frequently arising under the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts organizational guidelines. Cleveland, OH • Jodi Avergun, Esq. • John Roman, PhD Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP Senior Fellow, Justice Policy Center Washington, DC Executive Director, • Leslie Caldwell, Esq. District of Columbia Policy Institute Morgan Lewis Urban Institute New York, NY Washington, DC • David Debold, Esq. Moderator: Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP • Honorable William B. Carr, Jr. Washington, DC Vice Chair • Jim Lang, Esq. U.S. Sentencing Commission Chief, Criminal Division United Stated Department of Justice 11:30 a.m.. - 1:00 p.m. Boston, MS LUNCH BREAK Moderator: • Honorable Beryl A. Howell Commissioner United States Sentencing Commission

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1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS

A. CHILD PORNOGRAPHY & SEX C. IMMIGRATION OFFENSES* OFFENSES* Room: Grand Ballroom D - 1st Floor Room: Grand Ballroom AB - 1st Floor This interactive panel will focus on application issues The session will focus on guideline application and relating to the sentencing of immigration offenses, with case law issues related to child pornography and sex particular emphasis on the application of §2L1.2 offenses. (Unlawfully Entering or Remaining in the United • Honorable John Adams States). Panelists will discuss case law, approaches to District Judge resolving application issues, and recent developments Akron, OH in sentencing for immigration offenses. • Alexandra Gelber, Esq. • Jill Burkhardt, Esq. Deputy Chief & Sentencing Expert Assistant United States Attorney Child Exploitation & Obscenity Section San Diego, CA United States Department of Justice • Honorable Judith Herrera Washington, DC District Judge • John Rhodes, Esq. Albuquerque, NM Assistant Federal Public Defender • Honorable Alia Moses Missoula, MT District Judge Moderator: Del Rio, TX • Alan Dorhoffer, Esq. • Paul P. Poblete Deputy Director Assistant Deputy Chief Probation Officer Office of Education & Sentencing Practice New Orleans, LA United States Sentencing Commission • Jon Sands, Esq. Federal Public Defender B. RELEVANT CONDUCT* Phoenix, AZ Room: Grand Ballroom C- 1st Floor Moderator: This panel will focus on relevant conduct analysis in • Krista L. Rubin specific areas and will reference case law. Sr. Education & Sentencing Practice Specialist • L. Russell (Rusty) Burress United States Sentencing Commission Principal Training Advisor United States Sentencing Commission

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D. BUREAU OF PRISONS ISSUES* E. FIREARMS OFFENSES Room: **HEC - A - 2nd Floor Room: **HEC - B - 2nd Floor This panel will provide an overview of Bureau of Panelists will focus on guideline application and case Prisons issues including the designation process, law issues related to firearms offenses. judicial recommendations, substance abuse and • Honorable Ruben Castillo vocational programs, and basic sentence District Judge computations. The panelists will also discuss the Chicago, IL significance of the presentence investigation report in • Elizabeth Ford, Esq. determining initial security and custody Federal Public Defender classification, facility placement, and programming. Knoxville, TN • Todd A. Bussert, Esq. • Stacey Haynes, Esq. Frost Bussert, LLC Assistant United States Attorney New Haven, CT Columbia, SC • Jineen Forbes • Carlos Cancio Lugo, Esq. Supervisory Probation Officer Assistant Deputy Chief Probation Officer New York, NY San Juan, PR • Deborah Locke, Esq. Moderator: Assistant General Counsel • Rachel L. Pierce Designation & Sentence Computation Center Sr. Education & Sentencing Practice Specialist Bureau of Prisons United States Sentencing Commission Grand Prairie, TX Moderator: • Louis Reedt Deputy Director, Office of Research and Data United States Sentencing Commission

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F. PLEA BARGAINING Room: **HEC - C - 2nd Floor Panelists will discuss issues arising in plea bargaining in a post-Booker landscape. Topics include DOJ policy, appeal waivers, Rule 11 (c)(1)(C) plea agreements, stipulations, substantial assistance and Early Disposition Programs. • Professor Douglas A. Berman Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University Columbus, OH • Honorable Tristram Coffin United States Attorney Burlington, VT • Lucian E. Dervan, Esq. Assistant Professor of Law Southern Illinois University School of Law Carbondale, IL • Jenniffer Horan, Esq. Federal Public Defender Little Rock, AR • Honorable Sterling Johnson, Jr. Senior District Judge Brooklyn, NY Moderator: • James E. Felman, Esq. Kynes, Markman & Felman, P.A. Tampa, FL

2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. BREAK

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2:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. SPECIAL INTEREST FORUMS

A. PROBATION OFFICERS C. PROSECUTORS Room: Grand Ballroom AB - 1st Floor Room: **HEC - A - 2nd Floor This forum is designed to discuss issues of particular This forum is designed to focus on issues of interest to probation officers. Hear the latest particular interest to prosecutors. Hear the latest information on presentence reports, sentencing information regarding the Department of Justice hearings and the role of probation officers in the post- sentencing policies and crime initiatives. Booker era. • Honorable Tristram Coffin • Cathy A. Battistelli United States Attorney Deputy Chief Probation Officer II Burlington, VT Concord, NH • DOJ Representative (TBD) • Teresa M. Brantley • DOJ Representative (TBD) Supervisory Probation Officer Los Angeles, CA • Elisabeth F. Ervin D. CIRCUIT STAFF ATTORNEYS & Assistant Deputy Chief Probation Officer LAW CLERKS Asheville, NC Room: **HEC - B - 2nd Floor This forum is designed to focus on issues of particular interest to circuit staff attorneys and law B. DEFENSE ATTORNEYS clerks. Hear the latest information on sentencing Room: Grand Ballroom D - 1st Floor matters that impact staff attorneys and law clerks This forum is designed to focus on issues of particular in district courts. interest to defense counsel. Hear the latest • John J. Baker, Esq. information on key sentencing matters that directly Career Law Clerk impact clients. McAllen, TX • David Debold, Esq. • Howard E. Goldberg, Esq. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Ninth Circuit Staff Attorney Washington, DC San Francisco, CA • Miguel A. Torres, Esq. • Lorie A. Robinson, Esq. Attorney at Law Fifth Circuit Staff Attorney El Paso, TX New Orleans, LA

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Honorable John R. Adams is a United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio.

Honorable Lance M. Africk is a United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

Honorable Micaela Alvarez is a United States District Judge for the Southern District of .

Jodi Avergun, Esq. is a partner with the Law Firm of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP in Washington, D.C.

John J. Baker, Esq. is a Career Law Clerk in the Chambers of Judge Ricardo Hinojosa in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Cathy A. Battistelli is Deputy Chief United States Probation Officer II for the District of New Hampshire. She was also a former Chair of the Probation Officers Advisory Group to the United States Sentencing Commission.

Honorable Robert Holmes Bell is a United States District Judge for the Western District of Michigan.

Paul B. Bergman, Esq. is a private attorney with his law firm of Paul B. Bergman, P.C. in New York, New York. He is also a member of the Practitioners Advisory Group to the United States Sentencing Commission.

Douglas A. Berman is a professor at The Ohio State University, Moritiz College of Law in Columbus, Ohio.

Richard Bohlken is a Supervisory United States Probation Officer for the District of New Mexico. He is also a member of the Probation Officers Advisory Group to the United States Sentencing Commission.

Teresa M. Brantley is a Supervisory United States Probation Officer for the Central District of California. She is the Chair of the Probation Officers Advisory Group to the United States Sentencing Commission.

Honorable Charles R. Breyer is a Senior United States District Judge for the Northern District of California. He is also an Adjunct Professor at The University of California, Hastings College of Law.

Honorable Anna J. Brown is a United States District Judge for the District of Oregon.

John Buretta, Esq. is a Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Eastern District of New York.

Jill Burkhardt, Esq. is an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of California.

L. Russell (Rusty) Burress is the Principal Training Advisor for the Office of Education and Sentencing Practice at the United States Sentencing Commission.

Todd A. Bussert, Esq. is a partner of Frost Bussert LLC in New Haven, Connecticut. He is the Co-Chair of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyer’s Corrections Committee and is a former Co-Chair of the Practitioners Advisory Group to the United States Sentencing Commission.

Leslie Caldwell, Esq. is a partner at Morgan Lewis LLP in New York, New York.

Carlos F. Cancio Lugo is an Assistant Deputy Chief United States Probation Officer for the District of Puerto Rico.

Honorable William B. Carr, Jr. is a Vice Chair Commissioner of the United States Sentencing Commission.

Honorable Ruben Castillo is a United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois and is a former Vice Chair Commissioner of the United Stated Sentencing Commission.

Tate Chambers, Esq. is an OCDETF Lead Task Force Attorney in the Central District of Illinois’ United States Attorney’s Office.

Honorable Denny Chin is a United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York, New York.

Honorable Tristram Coffin is the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont.

Honorable Curtis Lynn Collier is the Chief Judge at the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.

Kealin Culbreath, Esq. is a Senior Education and Sentencing Practice Specialist for the Office of Education and Sentencing Practice at the United States Sentencing Commission.

Honorable Wiley Y. Daniel is the Chief Judge at the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.

Carolyn L. Darville is a Supervisory United States Probation Officer for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

David Debold, Esq. is Of Counsel in the Office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP in Washington, D.C. He is former Special Counsel for the United States Sentencing Commission and is Chair of the Practitioners Advisory Group to the United States Sentencing Commission.

Alan Dorhoffer, Esq. is the Deputy Director for the Office of Education and Sentencing Practice at the United States Sentencing Commission.

Michael Dreeben, Esq. is the Deputy Solicitor General in the Office of the Solicitor General at the United States Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.

Lucian E. Dervan, Esq. is an Assistant Professor of Law at the Southern Illinois University School of Law in Carbondale, Illinios.

Elisabeth F. Ervin is an Assistant Deputy Chief United States Probation Officer for the Western District of North Carolina.

Bobby L. Evans, Jr. is a Senior Education and Sentencing Practice Specialist for the Office of Education and Sentencing Practice at the United States Sentencing Commission.

James E. Felman, Esq. is a partner with the Law Firm of Kynes, Markman & Felman, P.A. in Tampa, Florida. He is Co-Chair of the Committee on Sentencing of the ABA and is a former Co-Chair of the Practitioners Advisory Group to the United States Sentencing Commission.

Jineen M. Forbes is a Supervisory United States Probation Officer for the Southern District of New York. She is also a member of the Probation Officers Advisory Group to the United States Sentencing Commission.

Elizabeth Ford, Esq. is the Federal Public Defender for the Eastern District of Tennessee.

Honorable Dabney L. Friedrich is a Commissioner of the United States Sentencing Commission.

Alexandra Gelber, Esq. is the Deputy Chief and Sentencing Expert of the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section in the Criminal Division for the United States Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.

Honorable Gustavo A. Gelpi, Jr. is a United States District Judge for the District of Puerto Rico.

Honorable John Gleeson is a United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York.

Howard E. Goldberg, Esq. is a Staff Attorney for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, California.

Catharine M. Goodwin, Esq. is a Restitution Consultant in Sun City West, Arizona.

Kathleen J. Grilli, Esq. is a Deputy General Counsel at the United States Sentencing Commission.

Stacey Haynes, Esq. is an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina.

Honorable Judith Herrera is a United States District Judge for the District of New Mexico.

Richard Hertling, Esq. is the Chief of Staff on the House Judiciary Committee for the United States House of Representatives.

Douglas L. Heuermann is the United States Chief Probation Officer for the Central District of Illinois.

Honorable Ricardo H. Hinojosa is the Chief Judge at the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas and is a Commissioner of the United States Sentencing Commission.

Jenniffer Horan, Esq. is the Federal Public Defender for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas.

Honorable D. Brock Hornby is a Senior United States District Judge for the District of Maine.

Honorable Beryl A. Howell is a United States District Judge for the District of Columbia and is a Commissioner of the United States Sentencing Commission.

Susan Smith Howley, Esq. is the Public Policy Director for the National Center for Victims of Crime. She is also the Chair of the Victims Advisory Group to the United States Sentencing Commission.

Honorable Janis Graham Jack is a Senior United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas.

Honorable Ketanji B. Jackson is a Vice Chair Commissioner of the United States Sentencing Commission.

Jacqueline A. Johnson, Esq. is the First Assistant Federal Public Defender for the Northern District of Ohio.

Honorable Sterling Johnson, Jr. is a Senior United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York. He is also a former Commissioner of the United States Sentencing Commission.

Mandy LaMotte is a United States Probation Officer for the Middle District of Georgia. She is also a member of the Probation Officers Advisory Group to the United States Sentencing Commission.

James Lang, Esq. is the Chief of the Criminal Division for the United States Attorney’s Office in the District of Massachusetts.

Deborah A. Locke, Esq. is the Assistant General Counsel in the Designation & Sentence Computation Center for the Bureau of Prisons in Grand Prairie, Texas.

Christopher T. Lowenkamp is a Program Administrator for the Administrative Office of the United States Courts in Cleveland, Ohio.

Majorie A. Meyers, Esq. is a Federal Public Defender for the Southern District of Texas.

Matthew Miner, Esq. is a partner with the Law Firm of White & Case LLP in Washington, D.C.

Pamela G. Montgomery, Esq. is the Director and Chief Counsel of Training for the Office of Education and Sentencing Practice at the United Stated Sentencing Commission.

Michelle Morales, Esq. is the Deputy Director of the Office of Policy & Legislation in the Criminal Division at the United States Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.

Honorable Alia Moses is a United States District Judge for the Western District of Texas.

Honorable Diana Gribbon Motz is a United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Baltimore, Maryland.

Brent E. Newton, Esq. is the Deputy Staff Director at the United States Sentencing Commission.

Honorable Priscilla Richman Owen is a United States Circuit Judge on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Austin, Texas.

Rachel L. Pierce is a Senior Education and Sentencing Practice Specialist for the Office of Education and Sentencing Practice at the United States Sentencing Commission.

Paul P. Poblete is the Assistant Deputy United States Chief Probation Officer for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

Louis W. Reedt is the Acting Deputy Director of the Office of Research and Data at the United States Sentencing Commission.

John Rhodes, Esq. is an Assistant Federal Public Defender for the District of Montana.

Lisa A. Rich, Esq. is the Director of the Office of Legislative and Public Affairs at the United States Sentencing Commission.

Honorable William Jay Riley is a Chief Circuit Judge at the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in Omaha, Nebraska.

Lorie A. Robinson, Esq. is a Supervisory Staff Attorney for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Laura M. Roffo is a Supervisory United States Probation Officer for the District of Massachusetts.

John Roman is the Senior Fellow in the Justice Policy Center for the Urban Institute in Washington, D.C. He is also the Executive Director for the District of Columbia Policy Institute.

Krista L. Rubin is a Senior Education and Sentencing Practice Specialist for the Office of Education and Sentencing Practice at the United States Sentencing Commission.

Jon M. Sands, Esq. is the Federal Public Defender for the District of Arizona and Chair of the Federal Defender Guidelines Committee.

Honorable Patti B. Saris is a United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts and is Chair of the United States Sentencing Commission.

Honorable William K. Sessions III is a United States District Judge for the District of Vermont and is former Chair of the United States Sentencing Commission.

H. Michael Sokolow, Esq. is the First Assistant Federal Public Defender for the Southern District of Texas.

John R. Steer, Esq. is a partner with The Law Firm of Mark Allenbaugh in Fairfax Station, Virginia. He is former Vice Chair Commissioner and General Counsel of the United States Sentencing Commission.

Miguel Torres, Esq. is a private attorney with his law firm in El Paso, Texas. He is also a member of the Practitioners Advisory Group to the United States Sentencing Commission.

Honorable Joyce White Vance is the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama.

Bobby Vassar, Esq. is the Minority’s Chief Counsel for the House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security for the United States House of Representatives.

Honorable Reggie B. Walton is a United States District Judge for the District of Columbia.

Mary Elizabeth Windham is a Supervisory United States Probation Officer for the District of South Carolina.

Honorable Jonathan J. Wroblewski is a Commissioner (Ex Officio) of the United States Sentencing Commission and is Director of the Office of Policy & Legislation in the Criminal Division at the United States Department of Justice.